What is FM Synthesis? Frequency modulation synthesis has origins in early analog synthesizers, but solidified with John Chowning's digital synth research and the Yamaha DX Series. Learn how FM works, and where it came from.
The generative AI hype hasn't died down yet. Case in point, Pika, a startup creating an AI-powered platform to edit and generate videos from captions and still images, today announced that it raised $55 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Homebrew, Conviction Capital, SV Angel, Ben's Bites and notable angel investors including Quora founder Adam D'Angelo, ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Giphy co-founder Alex Chung. The fresh tranche comes just six months after Pika emerged from stealth and coincides with the early access launch of what Pika's calling "Pika 1.0," a new suite of videography tools that introduces a generative AI model capable of editing videos in a range of styles, like "3D animation," "anime" and "cinematic."
As General Motors invests heavily in software, the automaker will get a boost from the Silicon Valley tech world.Mike Abbott, who led cloud services at Apple Inc., will become GM's executive vice president of software beginning May 22, the automaker said last week. He will report to CEO Mary Barra…